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The Arabesque is the most spiritualistic of designs.
Intimate Journals 1949
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Police raided a strip club called Arabesque in the coastal city in the early hours of Saturday, arresting 17 patrons and around three dozen exotic dancers - many of them also foreign - the Weekend Argus reported.
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The 9/11 Truth "LIHOP vs. MIHOP" is "BS that Must STOP!" 2008
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Byzantine workmen being employed by the caliphs; but the Arab rapidly introduces characters half Persepolitan, half Egyptian, into the shafts and capitals: in his intense love of excitement he points the arch and writhes it into extravagant foliations; he banishes the animal imagery, and invents an ornamentation of his own (called Arabesque) to replace it: this not being adapted for covering large surfaces, he concentrates it on features of interest, and bars his surfaces with horizontal lines of color, the expression of the level of the Desert.
Stones of Venice [introductions] John Ruskin 1859
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"Arabesque" is part of a broader effort to promote the arts and culture of the Arab world in the U.S.
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The $10 million "Arabesque" festival received funding from the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Washington, the Ministry of Culture and Information in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center in Oman, and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, a nonprofit, among others.
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In 1975, "Arabesque" was considered a state-of-the...
Posthuman Blues Mac 2007
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In 1975, "Arabesque" was considered a state-of-the-art display of computer artistry.
Posthuman Blues Mac 2007
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Now, more than ever, like Oliver, my POV and personality are permanently tied to my "Arabesque" appearance.
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Just saw a guy in th movie "Arabesque" get killed in a protracted eye exam sequence.
joegood Diary Entry joegood 2001
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